MSNwar Posted December 23, 2001 Share Posted December 23, 2001 Greets to all and shouts to your forum. I have seen a few and this one rules. Hope you have room for the Fat Man.I read the posts about this corp files thing and tried it out (something-to-do). I was already running the retail english na, XP Pro, full version. I activated it long ago.I took my retail CD (XP Pro for Win95 or PCs without an OS), copied it to my HD, substituted the corpfiles into the I386 folder, and burned it all with nero. Did a few reboots and shutdowns to start fresh.Got XP up and slipped the corp CD into the drive. It took a minute but it auto started just fine. I selected the upgrade option and all went well. After installation I checked the activation function and a nice message that it was already activated came up. Okay. That worked but I got to thinking (Yes - It Hurt)that I had done this over an activated OS. Maybe it was a screwy thing to do. Thought I would try the clean install option and see what happened.Reformatted the HD with my HD utility. Changed the BIOS to boot from C-ROM,A,C. Well, the corp CD did not boot. So I booted with a Win98 boot disk wit CD-ROM Support. Ran the winnt.exe and held on. Eventually the setup got to a point where a message said that this version of windows would only run in windows mode (something like that). Okay, So I installed Win98SE OEM.With Win98SE installed I threw in a few drivers for hardware and ran the corp cd upgrade. Ha, a few errors about files not found (my CD-ROM was dirty or just a CDR thing) and clicked through with the installation. Activation check and a message that it was already activated (something like that). Good to go.Still playing. Thought I would make the CD bootable, but I know nothing specific about that. So, I am researching the net for information. Found some stuff that looks good and will try it later. Onc I get that working I plan on trashing everything and move-on to something else. Got any ideas? I get real bored and like to get into projects. Your forum helped me pass a cool 24 hours.Thanks for everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPerties Posted December 23, 2001 Share Posted December 23, 2001 Hey fatman.....Happy Holidays and thanks for the shout. You can also find some good info on how to make a boot-able disk by using the search on this forum as well. Cant really say what to do to pass time but theres plenty of people who need help so surf through the list and see if any of there questions can kill a few more hours of your time. HEHE...Take care and thanks for stoping by.-XPerties:beer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted December 24, 2001 Share Posted December 24, 2001 As you're a NERO fan, this page created by myself will help you, I even use the corpfiles too!http://kickme.to/BootableXP/Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSNwar Posted December 24, 2001 Author Share Posted December 24, 2001 AaronXPThanks for the link, the hard work, and the help.That really is a lot of work you did.I saved it and edited it for tomorrow sometime.Mind if I post it on my site in the near future?Thanks again.MSNwar - The Fat Manmsnwar@msnwar.comwww.msnwar.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPerties Posted December 24, 2001 Share Posted December 24, 2001 I dont think AaronXP would mind at all if you posted a link to it.....As well you may post a link to this board if you like.-XPerties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted December 24, 2001 Share Posted December 24, 2001 I don't mind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSNwar Posted December 29, 2001 Author Share Posted December 29, 2001 This is a follow-up to my original thread. I got around to making the CD bootable according to AaronXP's excellent tutorial. I would recommend the tutorial to anyone using NERO.Needless to say the process was a success. I am extremely happy with the results. Thanks to all of you that contributed to the thread. Special thanks to Xperties for having me and not kicking me. My next project will be to create a universal edition that supports multiple languages. As in the original post I have researched the web and have found something to get me started.One of these days I hope to get back to updating my domain:D MSNwar - The Fat Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPerties Posted December 29, 2001 Share Posted December 29, 2001 uh...Im a little mislead here....why would I even think about kicking you. I know Im a as***** sometimes, but did I miss something here?:WTF?: :WTF?: -XPerties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sedative Posted December 29, 2001 Share Posted December 29, 2001 SEE! even the new members know you're a prick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babis Posted December 31, 2001 Share Posted December 31, 2001 /me agrees with sedative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peakaywhy Posted January 3, 2002 Share Posted January 3, 2002 how about doing this with a professional CD? I am very interested in trying. If you can help me out, plz post or email me at pky@onebox.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPerties Posted January 3, 2002 Share Posted January 3, 2002 [b:9adede200a]peakaywhy[/b:9adede200a] -this can be done with Pro or Home, follow the instructions on the site that was listed above-XPerties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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